dormir

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Meaning

  1. (intransitive) to sleep
  2. (reflexive) to fall asleep
  3. (reflexive) to sleep in
  4. (euphemistic) to die; to rest in death
  5. (transitive) to put to sleep (someone or something)
  6. (euphemistic) to anesthetize
  7. (euphemistic) to euthanize, to put down (mainly for pets but also people)

Concepts

sleep

be asleep

sleep off

rest

slumber

roost

kip

have

send to sleep

sit

catch some Z’s

log Z’s

lay-down, to

catnap

drowse

go to bed

asleep

lie down

sleeps

Frequency

A1
Hyphenated as
dor‧mir
Pronounced as (IPA)
/doɾˈmiɾ/
Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish dormir, from Latin dormīre, dormiō, from Proto-Italic *dormiō (“sleep”), from Proto-Indo-European *drem- (“run, sleep”).

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